If you give to those circles, you know that couples can claim up to $100, singles and other filers up to $50, of contributions to candidates, parties or PACs?

Beginning the 2014 tax year, that credit goes away for singles with adjusted gross incomes above $100,000 and joint filers above $200,000. The Oregonian editorial board, on which It's Only Money does not sit, recommended this credit be done away with entirely.

"People who use the credit tend to be those with the greatest ability to
make political contributions in its absence," the editorial stated. "In 2010, tax filers making
more than $77,000 accounted for 58 percent of credit dollars claimed." All 100,000 claiming the credit reduced their bill by $64, on average.

Incidentally, this credit had been slated to sunset Dec. 31. This bill extended it through 2019.

Stay tuned for other moves the 2013 Oregon Legislature did and didn't make to help consumers.